Match Centre

Saturday April 27th, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

A. Micklewright (2', 23'), F. O'Mahony (11', 86')

Colchester United

Colchester United

1

K. Plant (90')
A. Micklewright (2', 23'), F. O'Mahony (11', 86')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 9,551

K. Plant (90')
W. Clements
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BURTON
2
HUNT
3
LEE
4
CROSS
5
HUDSON
6
FOUNTAIN
7
RICHARDS
8
MICKLEWRIGHT
9
O'MAHONY
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
1
AMES
2
FISHER
3
FOWLER
4
FENTON
5
STEWART
6
PARKER
7
WILLIAMS
8
PLANT
9
McCURLEY
10
KING
11
WRIGHT
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON
2George HUNT
3Jimmy LEE
4Jim CROSS
5Garth HUDSON
6Jack FOUNTAIN
7John RICHARDS
8Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
9Frank O'MAHONY
10Bob EDWARDS
11Arnold DARCY
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD
Colchester United
1Percy AMES1
2George FISHER2
3John FOWLER3
4Benny FENTON4
5Reg STEWART5
6Derek PARKER6
7Tommy WILLIAMS7
8Ken PLANT8
9Kevin McCURLEY9
10Martyn KING10
11Peter WRIGHT11
Manager/Head Coach
Benny FENTON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday April 27th, 1957:

Aldershot Aldershot 0-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 4-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Brentford Brentford 1-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 8-3 Reading Reading
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Newport County Newport County
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-3 Southend United Southend United
Millwall Millwall 2-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Colchester United Colchester United
Torquay United Torquay United 3-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Walsall Walsall 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Watford Watford 4-2 Southampton Southampton

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday April 27th, 1957:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Torquay United Torquay United 45 19 4 0 71 18 5 6 11 17 45 24 10 11 88 63 1.40 58
2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 45 18 3 2 72 20 6 6 10 27 34 24 9 12 99 54 1.83 57
3 Colchester United Colchester United 45 14 8 0 47 19 7 6 10 35 37 21 14 10 82 56 1.46 56
4 Southampton Southampton 44 14 4 3 45 18 7 6 10 28 32 21 10 13 73 50 1.46 52
5 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 15 6 2 59 26 4 8 10 27 38 19 14 12 86 64 1.34 52
6 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 44 14 7 1 53 20 3 7 12 29 41 17 14 13 82 61 1.34 48
7 Brentford Brentford 45 12 9 2 55 29 4 7 11 23 45 16 16 13 78 74 1.05 48
8 Southend United Southend United 45 13 3 6 41 20 4 9 10 31 45 17 12 16 72 65 1.11 46
9 Watford Watford 44 11 6 6 44 32 7 4 10 28 37 18 10 16 72 69 1.04 46
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 10 9 3 42 22 4 9 9 27 52 14 18 12 69 74 0.93 46
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 45 11 7 4 37 21 6 4 13 19 39 17 11 17 56 60 0.93 45
12 Walsall Walsall 45 11 7 5 49 25 5 5 12 29 46 16 12 17 78 71 1.10 44
13 Coventry City Coventry City 46 12 5 6 52 36 4 7 12 22 48 16 12 18 74 84 0.88 44
14 Millwall Millwall 45 13 7 3 46 29 3 5 14 18 54 16 12 17 64 83 0.77 44
15 Newport County Newport County 44 14 6 2 48 18 1 7 14 14 41 15 13 16 62 59 1.05 43
16 Reading Reading 45 12 4 6 42 30 5 5 13 36 51 17 9 19 78 81 0.96 43
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 45 14 5 3 48 22 3 4 16 17 51 17 9 19 65 73 0.89 43
18 Aldershot Aldershot 45 11 5 7 43 35 4 7 11 36 54 15 12 18 79 89 0.89 42
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 45 9 8 5 37 31 6 3 14 30 42 15 11 19 67 73 0.92 41
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 7 9 6 30 27 4 8 11 31 47 11 17 17 61 74 0.82 39
21 Exeter City Exeter City 45 8 8 6 36 27 4 5 14 24 50 12 13 20 60 77 0.78 37
22 Gillingham Gillingham 45 7 8 8 29 29 5 5 12 25 51 12 13 20 54 80 0.68 37
23 Swindon Town Swindon 45 12 3 8 43 33 3 3 16 23 62 15 6 24 66 95 0.69 36
24 Norwich City Norwich City 45 6 5 11 30 37 1 10 12 28 57 7 15 23 58 94 0.62 29

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